Jake Sanders is an excellent student who prides himself on accomplishing whatever he sets out to do. He is very artistic and creative and loves to build and perform card tricks. Jake has a meticulous sense of detail and works very hard inside and outside of the classroom. He has been playing on the same soccer and basketball teams since kindergarten. His soccer team recently won the under-11 championship game for the second year in a row. He's also dedicated to his heritage. Between school and team sports, he spends his weekends participating in Sunday school and Hebrew school.

Why soccer?

I started when I was 5 and just kind of got sucked into it. I loved it.

What do you need to be a winning team?

We practice, we play as hard as we can and we never give up.

Why basketball?

I kind of like basketball more than soccer. It's really fun, and there are all these tricks you can do. It's not only shooting and passing. You can make up your own tricks.

What's your favorite

subject?

Math. It's just cool because you never stop learning it. They're always inventing more kinds of math. You get to do all kinds of stuff with math. It's really fun.

What makes a good teacher?

They're nice to everybody in the class. They have fun with stuff and they actually teach you.

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What makes a good friend?

They're nice and they like to play with you. They don't just put their needs first.

What's the best movie you've seen recently?

"The Lion King." The characters are funny and I really like the hyenas. They're mean, but they do it in a funny way.

What do you like to do for fun?

I like to play basketball, and I sometimes like to just play around.

What do you like about card tricks?

It's really funny seeing other people go "huh" and not know how you did that. It's fun to learn them. My favorite is you have three columns of cards with seven cards in each. They pick a card and tell me what column, but not what card. I shuffle them a few times. I flip the cards and show them their card. The first times, I didn't get it right. I'm 100 percent now. It really takes practice.

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